Marking the house location.

Whoops! What is that big rock?

We had to blast the rock that would have occupied 1/3 of the house.

Sheila looking at our views from the beginning of the building pad.

The foundation complete, we start the framing.

A big house needs plenty of steel.

The basement and main level are framed in.

Mike finishing the siding. Sure glad he was not afraid of heights.

Looks like a church, doesn’t it?

View from the bottom of our “cliff/rock pile.

Neil working on the kitchen .

Sheila staining over 1,000 feet of trim.

The kitchen—Sheila’s workshop.

Great room (living room for you flatlanders).

Hmm! Still looks like a church.

What a mess! How can so much unused space get so cluttered?

Basement framing in for a suspended ceiling.

Starting to drywall the basement.

The basement floor, drywall, trim & electrical are finished.

Installing the panels and lights in the basement drop ceiling.

The finished basement. Finally!

An artist’s perspective of the house by Sheila’s cousin, Joe.

Sheila gathering large branches for cutting into firewood.

Oops! Thought the house was finished. Now we have to cut firewood. Neil and the chainsaw.

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